5 Worst Countries for Gender Equality

04. Chad

GII Score: 0.671

GDI Score: 0.776 (Group 5)

Chad also has one of the world’s highest rates of underage marriages. 60.6% of women aged 20-24 get married before the age of 18. According to World Bank data from 2021, the country had an adolescent birth rate of 138 per 1,000 women aged 15-19, one of the world’s highest.